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(In the western sky)
(My kingdom come)
So still so dark all over Europe
And I ride down the highway 101
By the side of the ocean headed for sunset
For the kingdom come
for the
[Chorus x2]
Black
Black planet
Black
Black world
Run around in the radiation
Run around in the acid rain
On a
Black
Black planet
Black planet hanging over the highway
Out of my mind's eye
Out of the memory
Black world out of my mind
Still so dark all over Europe
And the rainbow rises here
In the western sky
The kill to show for
At the end of the great white pier
I see a
[Chorus]
Run around in the radiation
Tune in turn on burn out in the acid rain on a...
[Chorus repeats to fade]
(My kingdom come)
So still so dark all over Europe
And I ride down the highway 101
By the side of the ocean headed for sunset
For the kingdom come
for the
[Chorus x2]
Black
Black planet
Black
Black world
Run around in the radiation
Run around in the acid rain
On a
Black
Black planet
Black planet hanging over the highway
Out of my mind's eye
Out of the memory
Black world out of my mind
Still so dark all over Europe
And the rainbow rises here
In the western sky
The kill to show for
At the end of the great white pier
I see a
[Chorus]
Run around in the radiation
Tune in turn on burn out in the acid rain on a...
[Chorus repeats to fade]
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PS, The very fact that he calls it "highway 101" is further evidence that he actually meant PCH.
Most roads in LA are never called "highways". In particular, US 101 is always either "the Hollywood Freeway" or "the 101", never "Highway 101".
But CA 1 is one of the exceptions. It's "Pacific Coast Highway" (or "PCH") or "Highway 1".
Somewhere about halfway up the state—not far from Pismo, actually—the naming conventions suddenly change; if you're driving US 101 from San Jose to San Francisco, it actually is called "Highway 101", "Route 101", or just "101", never "the 101" or "the Bayshore Freeway". But I'm pretty sure he's singing about LA, not the Bay Area (or Pismo, or Tillamook, Oregon).